I just got off the phone with a gentleman from Yamaha who called me regarding my letter! At least they actually read it and took the time to acknowledge it

He didn't have official word on the SR400, but in their last internal dealer meeting they announced that by the 2015 model year they will have 5 completely new models in the US market. With a chance of a late 2014 model showing up. He felt confident that one of those models would be the SR.

Obviously this should all be taken with a grain of salt, because clearly it's not an official announcement. But it is a guy who works in the company, speaking very candidly with me, and was genuinely excited to tell me what little he knew.